DA loses Constitutional Court bid to have decision on Arthur Fraser set aside
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the DA’s application, in which it sought to have the appointment of former spy boss Arthur Fraser as the national commissioner of correctional services set aside with immediate effect. The DA had filed papers with SA’s apex court in which it sought exclusive jurisdiction by the court on the matter‚ or alternatively, to be granted direct access to it. It also wanted the court to declare that by making the appointment, President Cyril Ramaphosa violated his constitutional obligation. The court said in an order dated May 2 that it had considered the urgent application for direct access to the court, and that it was dismissed. "It was concluded that the application should be dismissed as it is not in the interests of justice to grant direct access, and the application is not urgent," the order read. No costs were awarded. Fraser was moved to correctional services two days before he would have opposed an urgent application in the High Court in Preto...
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